James Boswell

The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell&Apos;S Life of Dr. Johnson

London, Henry Baldwin , 1793. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of this very scarce work with manuscript corrections and additions to Boswell's 'Life of Johnson&apos. The first edition. With nine contemporary manuscript corrections in black in to references on pages 14-16, 18, 20, 22-23 and 27. The manuscript corrections are very similar to those in the Malahide-Isham copy. The Malahide-Isham copy has had the ink annotations attributed to Boswell himself. The annotations to this copy are very similar to those and indeed match examples of Boswell's later hand in the British Library.Rebound, in a fine Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding, with their binder's stamp to the verso of front endpaper. With the signatures A1, B-F4, G1. This was Boswell's final lifetime publication and is very scarce. To this title, Boswell analyses his first edition of Dr Johnson's life. This biography earned Boswell a great reputation as a biographer. As a great friend of Johnson, he was a perfect candidate to write about his life. This biography is a landmark in the development of the genre. Presented as a list, with page references to the left, this forty-two page work explains the corrections and reasoning behind this. A very scarce, beautifully bound copy of this work. In a crushed morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, excellent, with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional scattered spots to pages, mostly to the first and last few pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 685L2

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Signed Johnson Annotations Johnson None

Johnson, Samuel; James Boswell; Raymond Postgate (ed.)

The Conversations of Dr. Johnson: Extracted from the Life by James Boswell

New York: Taplinger Publishing, 1970. 8vo. 326 pp. Very Good, Blue Cloth, Dust Jacket with rubbing, edge wear & small tears; shelf wear. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 16-1320

Catalogue: Books

[Johnson, Samuel. 1709 - 1784]. Boswell, James [1740 - 1795]. Bonar, James [1757 - 1821] - Former Owner (?)

The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... In Two Volumes. [bound with] The PRINCIPAL CORRECTIONS And ADDITIONS to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of DR. JOHNSON

London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791. 1st edition, 1st issue (Grolier 100 ENGLISH, #65; Pottle 79). Period full marbled calf bindings, with later respining to style. Marbled eps. Yellow edge stain. 2 volumes: xii, [16], 516, [2 (blank)]; [4], 586, [2], 42 pp. Vol II, p 585 misnumbered 587; 586 as 588. Other mispaginations [see Pottle]. Vol I, p. 135 with 'gve'. Volume I with stipple-engraved frontis of Johnson, by James Heath, after the 1756 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Vol II with two engraved facsimiles [bound in per Pottle]. 4to. Vol I: 2M4 & 2N1 cancels. Vol II: 5 cancelled leaves, as per Pottle. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Modest binding wear. Two bookplates [one of James Bonar, Scottish lawyer ?] to front paste-down. Occasional spot of foxing. Withal, a handsome VG+ set. Volume II bound with the uncommon 1793 pamphlet of corrections stemming from Boswell's fussiness.. "So bad were these errors, indeed, that it was found necessary to issue a small quarto volume of forty-two pages to correct them." [Grolier 100, #65].

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 38111.1

Catalogue: Literature